Ford, Airbus and Rolls Royce to help build 10,000 Covid-19 ventilators for the NHS

Finally! Government has placed order for 10,000 ventilators to be made by Ford, Airbus and Rolls-Royce in fight against coronavirus Rush to get ventilators into Britain’s hospitals sees car manufacturers pitch in The NHS has little more than 8,000 ventilators at its disposal, says Michael Gove Government expected to announce an order for 10,000 more … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE shares Sir Alex Ferguson’s hairdryer treatment over Cheshire neighbour’s build

Sir Alex Ferguson was famous for his ‘hairdryer ’ rants at Manchester United players to cajole them to do his bidding.  Now he is using all his persuasive charm on his Cheshire neighbours in his battle to stop a development being built next to his £2.3million home.  Planners at the local council had given the … Read more

Chemicals giant Ineos to build a hand sanitizer plant in 10 days 

Chemicals giant Ineos to build a hand sanitizer plant in 10 DAYS which will pump out 1million bottles per month By Matt Oliver and Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 01:19 GMT, 25 March 2020 | Updated: 02:18 GMT, 25 March 2020 Chemicals giant Ineos has joined the battle against the coronavirus with a … Read more

SpaceX approved to build 1 MILLION ‘user terminals’ that connect people to its Starlink internet

SpaceX is approved to build 1 MILLION ‘user terminals’ that will connect people to high-speed internet provided by its satellite constellation The company has FCC approval to build terminals for its Starlink project Terminals will connect users on Earth to its constellation of satellites  Elon Musks says the terminals will look like ‘poles with little … Read more

Chemicals giant Ineos to build new factory in TEN days to produce hand sanitiser

Chemicals giant Ineos to build new factory in TEN days to produce a MILLION bottles of hand sanitiser a month The new factory will be in Middlesbrough and will be built in just ten days Products given to hospitals for free and shipped across the UK and Europe  Ineos also manufactures rubber gloves, PVC saline … Read more

Engineering giants in race to build 20,000 new medical ventilators

Engineering giants in race to design new medical ventilator as NHS warns it needs an extra 20,000 By Sam Greenhill and Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 19 March 2020 | Updated: 22:14 GMT, 19 March 2020 UK firms are racing against time to design a new life-saving medical ventilator by next … Read more

British engineers may be forced to build outdated mechanical ventilators

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Ignore all the madness (scary as it is). Here’s how to build wealth for the future

Although you might not agree with me given what has been happening to stock markets, investing for the future remains one of the best ways to accumulate long-term wealth. Forget cash that should primarily be put aside to meet financial emergencies or fund some of life’s luxuries – a holiday here, a new settee there. And … Read more

Russia rushes to copy China and build new hospital to deal with coronavirus

The authorities in Moscow are rushing to build a dedicated £92 million hospital to cope with an expected major rise in coronavirus victims – despite the current number of cases in Russia standing at 34. City mayor Sergey Sobyanin has ordered the facility even though Russia currently has among the fewest victims among major countries. … Read more